GOD DETHRONED Parts Ways With Drummer, Announces Replacement

August 21, 2009

Dutch melodic death metal band GOD DETHRONED will embark on a headlining tour of North America in support of its newest album, "Passiondale". Also taking part in the trek, which is scheduled to start on September 30, are ABIGAIL WILLIAMS, AUGURY and Metal Blade labelmates WOE OF TYRANTS.

Commented GOD DETHRONED's Henri Sattler: "Our 'Storming the Balkans' tour, which we did about a month ago, was a test. A test to see if our new band members, Susan and Mike, would be the right people to have in the band for the long tour we have ahead of us. A new world tour starting on September 3 in Brazil leading us through Peru, Ecuador and Colombia up to Mexico for the first leg of our 'War Propaganda World Tour 2009'. I'm happy to say that they passed the audition well. On the South American shows, we will be accompanied by ELEXORIEN from Holland and in Colombia also BELPHEGOR will make their appearance. The Mexican shows will be with ENTOMBED, VITAL REMAINS, MASTER and LIVIDITY.

"The second leg of the tour starts on September 30 in Tucson, Arizona with ABIGAIL WILLIAMS, AUGURY and label mates WOE OF TYRANTS and leads us through the States up to Canada. We are really excited to tour the U.S. again and to promote our latest album, 'Passiondale', which was released last April. Our last show in the U.S. was in 2007 so we can't wait to see many of our fans again soon!

"On October 21st, we head back to Europe for the third leg of our tour with ENDSTILLE and HOLLENTHON.

"As some of you may have noticed already, Roel Sanders does not play drums in GOD DETHRONED anymore. The amount of shows we're playing is much more than we expected and unfortunately Roel could not combine this with his private life and other activities anymore. It was hard to say goodbye to him, but we remain good friends as always. We have welcomed Michiel 'Mike' van der Plicht as his replacement on the drum throne and we've already done a number of very successful shows with him. Now we look towards the future with confidence again."

"Drowning In Mud", the latest video from GOD DETHRONED, can be viewed below. The song comes off "Passiondale", which was released in April as a limited double digipack edition including a bonus CD. The double-digipack features stunning artwork and two discs: the regular album plus a live recording from 2005 featuring nine songs! The CD was recorded at Soundlodge studios in Germany with producer Jörg Uken.

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